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GEORGE D. CLARK, 0F PLAINV'ILLncoNNEoTIcUT, A'SsIeN'oRTo HIMSELF i s ANDcLARK AND cowLEsoFisAMn PLAGE.

Letters 4Patent No. 80,710, dated August 4, 18,68.

IMPROVEMENTVIN FAS-TENINGS FOR BUTTONS.

TO ALL WHOM ITMAY V CONGERN: A y

Be it. known that I, GEORGE D. CLARK, of Plainville, in the county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have inve'n'tedta new Improvement in Button-Fastener; and do hereby declare the following, whenntaken in' connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters oi"rei`erence marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and-Y vexact description o'f the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, an upperside `view of the fastening.

Figure 2, alsectional view, andiri i Figures 3 and L1:t1e manner of' fastening. i

This invention relates to au improyement, in securing to garments that class of b ttons which are formed with an eye or loop as a means by which to secure the button, the .object being to attach the button sojirmly that it lcannot be accidentally detached; and the invention consists in theconstruction of ajplate or washer so as to permit the insertion of the eye through thesaidwasher after it has passed through the garment, thenY two pointsY raised upon the. washer in its formation are'turn'ed down, so Vasqto enter the eye', and thus lock or. secure the button tothe garment'. 1 i

To enable others to fully understand myinvention, I will proceed todescribe the same a's illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

. A, as seen in hg. l, is a plate struck from suitable rsheet metal, and of any desired form or configuration,

having a slot, a, punched'through its cent-re, so as. to permit the free. passage of the buttons eye therethrough.

At the centre, upon one or both sides, a portion of the plate, as at d, is turned up, as in iig: 2, insteadcf being cntv away at each side, and the said raised part'left, so1hat,'when pressedback intoa plane with the plate, a bridge will be formed across the central slot. i v v Y This finishes the construction of-the fastener;A Its use is as `follows: Place the button B through the garment, as denoted in fig. 4; ,then place the plate A over theeye, as also seen inV g. 4; then, withia`suitable instrument, strike the raised portion, d, down, which operation causes the said raised portion'tc pass into and through the eye, as denoted in 3.

I prefer to make the raised portion alike-upon opposite edges of the slot, but it may, if preferred, be formed entirely upon one edge. A I

This fastener is'lpeculiarly adapted to securing buttons toshoes, but is alike applicable to securing buttons with eyes for other purposes. 'l

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new` and useful, and desire to secure by Letters t Patent, is Y The herein-described button-fastener, as an article of manufacture, consisting of the plate A, with the slot a, and one or more projections, d, substantially as set forth.Y

eno. D. CLARK.

Witnesses:

B. A. Lewis, WM. L. CowLEs. 

